Om Matsuda Kiribako Co.

Masuda Kiribako Co. blev etableret i 1929 som producent af traditionel håndlavet kiribako æsker lavet af paulownia-træ (kaldet ‘Kiri’ på japansk).

I starten bestod produktionen af æsker til traditionelle japanske genstande såsom Hakata-dukker og Shamisen-instrumenter.

Senere udviklede Masuda Kiribako en bred vifte af træbokse til te-ceremoniinstrumenter, fødevarer og andre småting i hjemmet.

Masuda Kiribako drives i dag af Hirofumi Fujii, som er tredje generation. Hirofumi er født i 1987 og er en ung leder, der har videreført håndværket fra sin bedstefar, andengenerationslederen af Masuda Kiribako. Med Hirofumi udvikler Masuda Kiribako løbende unikke håndværksmetoder til at skabe smukke og charmerende træbokse

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1929	Having apprenticed in Hiroshima, Hirofumi’s great-grandfather, Matsuyoshi Masuda, establishes “Matsuyoshi Masuda’s Kiribako Shop” in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
1964	Land is purchased in Koga City, Fukuoka and Masuda Kiribako transfers to a newly built factory
1966	“Masuda Kiribako Corporation” is established with Hirofumi’s grandfather, Hiroshi Masuda as the President
1979	A second factory is established in Shingu, within the Kasuya District of Fukuoka
1990	Masuda Kiribako establishes its own lumber yard
2002	Masuda Kiribako works are put on display in the Kyushu National Museum
2012	Hirofumi Fujii becomes President of Masuda Kiribako
2013	Collaborations with designers are started, and Masuda Kiribako launches production and development of designer products
2013	Masuda Kiribako moves to a newly built factory in Koga City, Fukuoka
2017	Masuda Kiribako’s paulownia wood rice bin is selected by the JIDA Design Museum Selection *JIDA: Japan Industrial Designers Association